Griggs courier., 1887-06-24
RICH WOMEN.

RICH WOMEN.
Wealthy Ladies Of Pittsburg and tho Pc
ouliarities for Which They are Noted.
The Pittsburg Leader of recent date
contains a long article about the wealthy;
women of Pittsburg. Some are noted:
for their domesticity. others for their
wonderful public display Of jewelry and
costly dresses, and others for their &c.
centricity. OF the latter class the most
striking example is Mrs. Toomey,
childless widow. Not one Of thous-
and Pittsburgers has heard Of her, yet
she has over $4,000, 900 invested in real
estate. She lives in one room at the
corner of Grant street and Virgin alley,
not the most pleasant abiding-place for
woman of vast wealth. Mrs. Toomey
does all her own work. including the
care of her solitary room and the col
lecting of her rents, big task even for
an able-bodied man. Yet she is about
60 years of age. She is the last of
fine old family-the Murtlands. At his
death her husbands property was not a
cent less than 81, 100000. Itmust have
since been largely increased. There was
no one to divide with the widow, and
her wants, simple as they are, can be
gratitied with the salary of junior
clerk. Her tenants often puzzle them
selves as to the present amount of their
eccentric landlady's fortune, and its
disposition upon her death makes still
more interestinp st,1dv.
A wealthy and pretty young woman
is Miss Maggie Milford, who created
sensation at Cape May last summer.
Her wagon-load of trunks contained
ninety-two dres ,es, and her frequent
dinners and pleasure sails in her own
yacht were events of the season. She
is granddaughter of Gen. Robinson,
and, it is said, is betrothed to an east
ern young man.
A modest and unassuming woman is
the wife of Congressman ..Tom' Bayne,
of Allegheny City. She has from $780,
600 to 100000 in her own right. She
has wonderful country house at Belle
vue, few miles down the Ohio. 1t is
perfectly round in shape and has some
remarkably odd rooms. A round hall
in the center, following closely the lines
of the house, is lit by a skylight. Mrs.
Bayne never forgets old acquaintances.
It is said that she recently astonished
capital society by chaperoning rural
party through the department buildings
and the galleries of the senate and
house. Mrs. Bayne's friends were poor
ly attired, yet they found hearty well
come from the wealthy congressman's
wife. She had once boarded with them
in their simple mountain home in Penn
sylvania.
Mrs. William Darlington is a first
cousin Of Mrs. Schenley, nee Croghan,
the wealthy Pittsburg woman who when
16 years of age eloped with and married
an English army officer, and has since
resided in England. Mrs. Darlington
is a daughter of Gen. O'Hara, and is
worth from $4,000,0O0 to $5,0OO,0OO.
She has literary tastes, and owns a lib
raY that ranks very high.
Mrs. H. Kirk Porter, wife of the To-
comotive builder, takes pleasure in en-
tcrtaining visiting celebrities, and is
ambitious to establish salon in Pitts
burg. She was widow with two chill
dren when she first met Mr.. Porter.
That was in New York city, and she
provided a home for herself and her
little ones by coloring photographs.
Her first husband was Mr.. Hegeman.
An interesting part of her elegant resi-
dence in Oakland is $4,000 hall win
dow. On it is painted girl feeding
peacocks. It was copied from famous
painting.
Mrs. Ross Proctor, one of Pittsburg's
youngest and fairest brides, married
last June the grandson and one of the
heirs of Singer, of sewing machine fame.
They first met in New York, where Mr..
Proctor became infatuated with her
beauty, and whence he followed her to
Pittsburg. He took elegant rooms on
Penn avenue and lived the luxurious
life of wealthy bachelor. The mar
riage soon followed.
Mrs. Henry Phipps, Jr., has some
thing to interest callers at her Alle-
gheny City residence. Five windows
in the dining-room have painted on
them likenesses of each of her five
children. The woodwork in the house
alone cost SIS, 900. Her husband is a
partner of Andrew Carnegie, and re-
Gently endeared himself to the hearts
of all Alleghenians by providing green
houses for the city parks, stipulating
that they should be kept open on Sun
days as well as weekdays. Working
men are thankful for this proviso.
When Thomas M. Howe, the steel
manufacturer, died he left his widow
several million dollars. At the time of